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7:30 PM ET, September 3, 2015

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Alan Blinder / New York Times:
Kim Davis Ordered Jailed in Kentucky Gay Marriage Dispute  —  ASHLAND, Ky. — A federal judge here on Thursday ordered a Kentucky clerk jailed for contempt of court because of her refusal to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.  —  The clerk, Kim Davis of Rowan County …
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USA Today:
Ky. clerk jailed for refusing to issue marriage licenses  —  ASHLAND, Ky. — A Kentucky county clerk was found in contempt of court Thursday for her refusal to issue marriage licenses in wake of the Supreme Court decision to allow gays to wed.  —  U.S. District Court Judge David Bunning …
Cruz for President:
Cruz: I Call Upon Every Believer, Every Constitutionalist, Every Lover of Liberty to Stand with Kim Davis  —  Statement on Arrest of Kentucky Clerk Kim Davis  —  HOUSTON, Texas - U.S. Sen. Cruz, R-Texas, today released the following statement regarding the arrest of Kentucky Clerk Kim Davis:
Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:
Huckabee: I Can't Believe Kentucky Clerk Is In Jail And Hillary Isn't!  —  Republican presidential candidate and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee said on Thursday it was a wonder that an anti-gay Kentucky county clerk was in jail and Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton wasn't.
Annie Karni / Politico:
Trump calls GOP's bluff  —  <p>Donald Trump and Reince Priebus have a deal.</p><p>The Republican front-runner announced at anewsconference on Thursday that he signed the loyalty pledge the GOP sought and will support the eventual Republican nominee, whoever that may be.</p><p>The deal …
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Joshua Green / Bloomberg Business:
Donald Trump Just Signed His Political Death Warrant  —  The GOP has finally muscled its maverick front-runner, Donald Trump, into submission.  A Trump adviser said on Thursday the billionaire has agreed to sign the Republican “loyalty pledge” he famously refused at the first debate in Cleveland last month …
Discussion: Hot Air and The Daily Caller
Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Trump's party loyalty pledge ends one GOP problem, brings others
Al Jazeera English:
Preview: Snowden hits back at Clinton and Trump  —  World's most wanted man responds to his high-profile critics.  —  Regarded as a hero by some, Edward Snowden's mass surveillance leaks have also generated a number of high-profile critics.  In this online preview, Snowden takes on his critics …
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Rich Lowry / Politico:   Ben Carson, the Superior Outsider
Jonathan Merritt / The Atlantic:
Why Do Evangelicals Support Donald Trump?
Discussion: Applesauce, Boing Boing and Hot Air
Larry J. Sabato / Sabato's Crystal Ball:
The Populist Revolt Against Brain-Dead Politics
ABC News:
Former Clinton Aide Bryan Pagliano Plans to Plead the 5th to Benghazi Committee Questions  —  Facing a congressional subpoena, a former State Department staffer connected to Hillary Clinton's private email server has decided to invoke his Fifth Amendment right not to answer questions from several congressional committees.
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RADAR:
Exposed!  Libya Security Briefs, Algeria Hostage Info & More — Hacker Threatens To Sell Hillary Clinton's ENTIRE UNRELEASED Private Emails For $500K … PICS OF  —  HILLARY  —  Just as email-gate looked to be winding down, RadarOnline.com has exclusively learned a person claiming …
Politico:
Judge sees rocky road for feds' plan to coordinate Hillary Clinton email lawsuits
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
Patricia Zengerle / Reuters:
Democratic U.S. Senator Booker backs Iran nuclear pact  —  Democratic U.S. Senator Cory Booker said on Thursday he would vote in favor of the nuclear agreement with Iran, calling the pact between world powers and Tehran “the better of two flawed options.”  —  Booker, who issued …
Discussion: Hot Air and Booman Tribune
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Kristina Peterson / Wall Street Journal:
Booker, Warner, Heitkamp Announce Support for Iran Nuclear Deal  —  New Jersey Democrat Sen. Cory Booker said he would support the Iran nuclear accord on Thursday, splitting with his state's senior senator over the contentious deal.  —  Mr. Booker's decision ended weeks of speculation …
Discussion: Washington Monthly and Daily Kos
Michael Getler / PBS Ombudsman:
More Self-Inflicted Wounds  —  This column is not about me, but I start by acknowledging that I am something of a technological dinosaur.  I still read printed newspapers and I don't have a Twitter account or Facebook page.  But the reason I don't engage in social media is only in part because I'm a little challenged technologically.
Ken Belson / New York Times:
Judge Erases Tom Brady's Suspension; N.F.L. Says It Will Appeal  —  In a major setback for the N.F.L., New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady prevailed on Thursday in his battle to have his four-game suspension overturned, as a federal judge reversed a ruling by Commissioner Roger Goodell …
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Tom Ley / Deadspin:
This Is Roger Goodell's Defining Defeat, And The One He Deserves
Elliott Abrams / Weekly Standard:
Netanyahu and AIPAC: Right to Fight  —  News stories announcing that President Obama has the votes to protect his Iran deal from Congressional disapproval have led to debates here and in Israel over the campaigns against that deal by AIPAC and by Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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The Times of Israel:
AIPAC official: PM's Congress speech hurt Iran deal opposition
Discussion: Israel Matzav
Terry Glavin / National Post:
Alan Kurdi drowned off the shores of Turkey.  His family was trying to reach Canada  —  The drowned child washed up on a Turkish beach captured in a photograph that went around the world Wednesday was three-year-old Alan Kurdi.  He died, along with his five-year-old brother Galib and their mother Rehan …
timesfreepress.com:
Judge declines divorce case, citing gay marriage ruling … A local judge contends the U.S. Supreme Court decision on same-sex marriage has derailed Tennessee's ability to determine what constitutes divorce — leaving one Signal Mountain couple married against their will.
Aamer Madhani / USA Today:
Arby's apologizes after employee refuses to serve police officer  —  Arby's said it has apologized to Florida's Pembroke Pines Police Department after an employee at one of the fast-food chain's locations allegedly refused to serve one of the department's police officers.
Caitlin Cruz / Talking Points Memo:
Rick Perry: ‘A Broken Clock Is Right Once A Day’ (VIDEO)  —  Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry had a weird message on Thursday for fellow Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, who said Perry's campaign is crashing: “A broken clock is right once a day.”  —  Perry was on Fox News after Trump …
Discussion: Mediaite
 
 
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Cory Booker / Medium:
Supporting the Iran agreement is the better of two flawed options
Sarah Hill / WAVY-TV:
Portsmouth officer indicted for murder in teen's death
Discussion: NBC News
Nick Anderson / Washington Post:
SAT scores at lowest level in 10 years, fueling worries about high schools
Nick Corasaniti / New York Times:
Legion of Tech Volunteers Lead a Charge for Bernie Sanders
Chicago Tribune:
Emanuel set to call for largest property tax hike in modern Chicago history
Discussion: Weekly Standard
Numbers / Pew Research Center:
Most Millennials Resist the ‘Millennial’ Label
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Megan Garber / The Atlantic:
The Revision of Steve Jobs
Discussion: Above the Law
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Calls Intensify for More Debates on the Democratic Side
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
For His Unconventional Campaign, Donald Trump Looks to an Unorthodox Manager
Deena Zaru / CNN:
Salmon spawns on Obama in Alaska
Discussion: Fusion, NPR and Business Insider
Seth Lipsky / New York Post:
Why there's Ground Zero steel in West Point graduates' class rings
Discussion: Fox News Insider
Alex Griswold / Mediaite:
Mika to Huckabee: Why Do You Hate Hillary Lawbreaking, But Support KY Clerk?
Discussion: Raw Story and Liberaland
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Keep Calm And Ignore The 2016 ‘Game Changers’
 

 
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